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New Year nightclub attacker caught in Istanbul - Turkish media reports
Source: Reuters
The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day has been caught in the city's Esenyurt district, the Hurriyet newspaper website and other media reports said on Tuesday.
Read more: http://news.trust.org/item/20170116213427-5cfhv
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New Year nightclub attacker caught in Istanbul - Turkish media reports (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2017
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Vogon_Glory
(9,125 posts)1. I hope the murderous fake Santa has
$#!tty Christmases for the rest of his life (however long or short that is)--and all the days in-between, too.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)2. Good bye loser.
enjoy the last fresh air you breathe.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)3. I hope so. That was horrific. n/t
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)4. More from BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38648306
Istanbul Reina nightclub attack suspect 'trained in Afghanistan'
44 minutes ago
From the section Europe
The man suspected of carrying out the New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul was trained in Afghanistan, the city's governor says. Vasip Sahin said the man, named earlier as Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov, was believed to have entered scene.
Thirty-nine people died in the attack on the Reina club with dozens wounded. Citizens of Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia were among the victims.
(snip)
Police arrested the man on Monday evening in a raid on an address in the Istanbul suburb of Esenyurt. Initial reports said a Kyrgyz man was also arrested but Mr Sahin said on Tuesday that a man of Iraqi origin and three women of Egyptian and African origin were detained.
(snip)
Istanbul Reina nightclub attack suspect 'trained in Afghanistan'
44 minutes ago
From the section Europe
The man suspected of carrying out the New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul was trained in Afghanistan, the city's governor says. Vasip Sahin said the man, named earlier as Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov, was believed to have entered scene.
Thirty-nine people died in the attack on the Reina club with dozens wounded. Citizens of Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia were among the victims.
(snip)
Police arrested the man on Monday evening in a raid on an address in the Istanbul suburb of Esenyurt. Initial reports said a Kyrgyz man was also arrested but Mr Sahin said on Tuesday that a man of Iraqi origin and three women of Egyptian and African origin were detained.
(snip)